New techniques that allow researchers to peer beneath the surface of old parchments has revealed ancient languages not seen since the Dark Ages, IFL Science reports. These rare tongues, only previously found on a handful of stone inscriptions, could give us an unparalleled look into works of writing long thought lost to history. Work carried out by researchers at the Early Manuscripts Electronic Library (EMEL) in California have used modern technology to uncover previously unknown works in Caucasian Albanian, a language known from very few sources, as well as ancient medical texts by the Greek physician Hippocrates. The texts were found in the 1,500-year-old Saint Catherine’s monastery on...
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